Jennifer Aniston: Her Allure Photo Shoot

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Jennifer Aniston hung out with friends—and ate her vegetables—during her shoot with photographer Michael Thompson in New York City. See outtakes here, and for our exclusive interview with Aniston, pick up the February issue of Allure, on newsstands January 25.

One hairstyle Aniston never wants to replicate? The Rachel. She told writer Danielle Pergament, "I love Chris, and he's the bane of my existence at the same time because he started that damn Rachel, which was not my best look. How do I say this? I think it was the ugliest haircut I've ever seen."

The actress arrived just after noon and almost immediately requested black coffee with a shot of espresso and a side of steamed skim milk from Starbucks. No wonder she wanted caffeine: She'd flown into New York the night before, directly from the Atlanta set of her upcoming movie Wanderlust. Here, Aniston poses in silk pajamas by Kumi Kookoon.

"The look was sort of '60s, '70s," said makeup artist Gucci Westman. "Bronzy with fresh pink cheeks." First, Westman dabbed a bright pink cream blush on the apples of Aniston's cheeks with her fingers and lightly dusted a matching powder blush on top. Next, she brushed a bronze eye shadow across the actress's lids, lined the top and bottom lashes with chocolate brown pencil, and coated the lashes with black mascara. The last step: Westman used her finger to layer berry and nude lipsticks to give Aniston's lips a hint of color.

Hairstylist McMillan gave Aniston a polished blowout with a round brush after prepping her hair with a mixture of volumizing mousse and smoothing oil.

"[McMillan] thinks I'm a closet hairdresser," said the actress. "I'll take the hair-dryer right out of his hands. He'll kill me for saying this, but I've surpassed him in that department: I'm faster with the blow-dryer."

Aniston's style may be laid-back, but she's willing to truly push the limits. "I've been glammed up; I've been glammed down, which is really more me," says the actress. "I didn't wear mascara in [my new movie] Just Go With It. It's fun to transform a little bit—what do I have to lose?"

Aniston's own love life has been the subject of almost unbelievable scrutiny. And she's baffled by a certain television show featuring people who offer themselves up for that: "You know what I find fascinating? The Bachelor. I was mesmerized by how these girls, they meet this guy, they have three dates together or something, and they're weeping as though they've just lost the love of their life. I don't understand that."

Aniston is not a foodie. "My friends and I were in Atlanta, and we went to this restaurant. My one friend is ordering, you know, sweetbreads with foie gras, the bone-marrow pasta, the buffalo tortellini, and I'm like, 'This just doesn't quite do it for me.' You won't see me ordering pheasant or rabbit. You know what I've just started to really love lately is Brussels sprouts. Usually, Brussels sprouts smell like feet to me. But these were sliced and sautéed and really yummy. I'm going to make that."